![]() The incredible success of ‘Heavenly Bodies’ comes at a crucial turning point for the museum which has seen a tumultuous year between the museum setting in place a controversial admission charge to the exit of museum director, Thomas Campbell. This news crushed the three highest attendance records set by the Met’s 1983 show ‘The Vatican Collections’, 1963 ‘Mona Lisa’, and the long-standing record of the 1978 ‘Treasures of Tutankhamun’ which drew over 1.3 million guests. ![]() The museum’s press release brought the grand total to 1.7 million visitors for the exhibitions 10 May to 8 October run. The endeavor has received passionate responses, both good and bad, since the Rihanna spiced things up with her take on the Papal robes at the museum’s annual gala. The exhibition brought together priceless relics from the Vatican Museum to the lavish creations of Alexander McQueen, Versace, and Chanel. Highlighting the relationship between Catholicism and the fashion industries, more specifically the influence the religion has had on designers, the exhibition stunningly juxtaposed high fashion and extensive tradition. ![]() The exhibition, spanning the Met’s Fifth Avenue location, the Cloisters, and the museum’s medieval art wing, filled 60,000 square feet throughout 25 galleries. Nearly a month before its close, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Costume Institute’s blockbuster exhibition ‘ Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’ saw its 1 millionth visitor.
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